Macrame - beginning

a small learners macrame piece of work ...used jute ..a very nice art form to pursue.

Vegetable Gardening in pots

my very first tryst with vegetable gardening in pots . my first bitter gourd . so very satisfying.
i sowed my seeds in the month of may. i almost lost hope when there were so many male flowers but not one female to bear fruits. patience pays.

the second fruit is still tiny.

all my other plants .. i have mustard, tomato plants and indian chillies. Mustard does not give seeds once the rains start so i have planned to make use of the leaves to make a dish [in combo with spinach leaves to cut down the pungent taste of mustard]. my tomatoes need to be transplanted into a deep pot.

don't miss my potatoes growing in a small plastic cup. This is scrap gardening that i learnt from www.pinterest.com

Its raining thoughts.......

Love when the trees sway in the breeze

the wind coos into your ears

clouds fly overhead

then a raindrop hits my cheek ....

to soothe the warm skin

The lightning that cracks the sky open

and sends a shiver down the spine

thundering its arrival

Rains have a mesmerising effect on my soul

the earth smells like heaven

the gurgle of a stream brings forth a new life!!

Artwork

Well! a very goodmorning to all!

This is small piece of art work i would like share ...its a glass painting using fabric paints

This painting is for my dearest mother whom i love a lot ....

Its fun working with fabric colours on a glass surface

Chaat chat!!

Had a sev puri chaat from our market panipuriwala yesterday evening ....met a lady in her sixties eating chaat all alone....
They say that curiosity can kill a cat and i had no intention to die ...eating chaat!
A smile was enough to get us close and few minutes to get us closer. we actually got talking for half an hour after eating.
I liked her attitude to life.She feels that at a stage in life a woman always tends to look back and question her lifestyle, her inhibitions and wonder whether it was worth it. Was she happy doing what she did?Would she like something more out of her life? Then she discovers the obvious answer "NO" and struggles to live it her way.
My friend, whose name i do not know, goes to any restaurant alone, eats alone, watches movies alone which she had never thought doing before....today she doesn't need company or escort to do anything she likes to... has discarded her wardrobe full of sarees and churidaars, wears only jeans and T shirt, has cut her hair short, wears no sindoor and mangalsutra to which her husband keeps mum and actually claims she feels so free.
Today the Indian woman has come a real long way. I wish all a happy live ahead.

"God"

Feeling of sand under my feet
till the water bathes it cool
A stray bird that flies along
and sunset that glorifies my being!
My soul in complete control
of the universe that conspires
Nerves had never relaxed so
with eyes wide open
A whiff and the smell of earth
caressing my senses, and partly my soul
Is this state of mind we call "God"

My dearest Attarva!

This is my sweetie pie, one n only cute nephew, Attarva ....isn't he a darling!!